2018 Japan Women's Sevens

2018 Japan Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation	Japan
Date	21–22 April 2018
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	France
Third	Australia
Challenge Trophy
Winner	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	209 (average 6.15 per match)
Most points	Alena Mikhaltsova (55)
Most tries	Alena Mikhaltsova (11)
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The 2018 Japan Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the second edition of the Japan Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 21–22 April 2018 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the runner-up of the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, China:^[1]

Pool stage

All times in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	50	48	+2	7
Australia	3	2	1	78	22	+56	7
China	3	1	2	46	64	–18	5
Ireland	3	1	2	29	69	–40	5

21 April 2018	Spain	14–17	Ireland	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:14	Try: Bravo 6'c Casado 7'c Con: Garcia (2/2) 7', 8'		Try: Murphy-Crowe 1'm Galvin 4'c Flood 10'm Con: Mulhall (1/3) 5'	Referee: Adam Jones

21 April 2018	Australia	33–5	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:36	Try: Sykes 2'c Du Toit 6'c Meakes 9'm Tonegato 11'c Hayes 14'c Con: Sykes (3/4) 3', 6', 11' Brown (1/1) 14'		Try: Yan 4'm Con: Yu (0/1)	Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

21 April 2018	Spain	19–17	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:58	Try: Garcia 1'm Erbina 4'c Bravo 6' Con: Garcia (2/3) 5', 6'		Try: Wang 11'c Yan 12'm Chen 14'm Con: Yu (1/1) 11' Yang (0/1) Chen (0/1)	Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

21 April 2018	Australia	31–0	Ireland	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
14:20	Try: Tonegato 2'c Cherry 7'm, 8'm Friedrichs 11'c Staples 14'c Con: Sykes (3/5) 2', 11', 14'			Referee: Hollie Davidson

21 April 2018	Ireland	12–24	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
16:42	Try: O'Flynn 4'c Heffeman 11'm Con: Mulhall (1/2) 4'		Try: Wang 2'c Chen 5'c, 9'm Yu 8'm Con: Yu (2/4) 3', 6'	Referee: Rose LaBreche

21 April 2018	Australia	14–17	Spain	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:04	Try: Hayes 3'c Meakes 6'c Con: Brown (2/2) 3', 6'		Try: Martinez 7'c, 7'm Ribera 14'm Con: Garcia (1/3) 7'	Referee: Ben Crouse

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	107	24	+83	9
France	3	2	1	76	43	+33	7
United States	3	1	2	57	84	–27	5
Japan	3	0	3	27	116	–89	3

21 April 2018	France	36–0	United States	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:58	Try: Guerin 0'c Amedee 4'c Grassineau 7'm Le Pesq 11'c, 12'm Ciofani 14'm Con: Amedee (2/4) 1', 4' Le Pesq (1/2) 12'		Cards: Gray 10' to 12'	Referee: Hollie Davidson

21 April 2018	New Zealand	38–5	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
12:20	Try: Woodman 0'c Woodman 3'm Blyde 7'c, 9'c Goss 10'c Waaka 13'm Con: Nathan-Wong (4/5) 1', 7', 9', 11' Willison (0/1)		Try: Bativakalolo 12'm Con: Nakamura (0/1)	Referee: Rose LaBreche

21 April 2018	France	33–5	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
14:42	Try: Grassineau 0'c Amedee 2'm Drouin 5'c Ciofani 10'c Bertrand 11'c Con: Le Pesq (4/5) 0', 5', 10', 12'		Try: Hirano 14'm Con: Nakamura (0/1) Cards: Nakamura 4' to 6'	Referee: Ben Crouse

21 April 2018	New Zealand	31–12	United States	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
15:04	Try: Woodman 3'c William 6'c Blyde 7'c Broughton 12'm Baker 14'm Con: Willison (3/3) 3', 6', 7' Nathan-Wong (0/2)		Try: Gray 2'c Tapper 7'm Con: Kelter (1/2) 2'	Referee: Alhambra Nievas

21 April 2018	United States	45–17	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:26	Try: Tapper 0'm, 5'c, 7'c Kelter 2'c Kelter 7'c Zackary 9'c Thomas 10'm Con: Kelter (3/4) 2', 7', 7' Heavirland (2/3) 5', 9'		Try: Tanaka 4'c Koide 11'm Bativakalolo 14'm Con: Nakamura (1/3) 4'	Referee: Adam Jones

21 April 2018	New Zealand	38–7	France	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:48	Try: Woodman 2'm, 3'c, 6'm Broughton 7'c Waaka 12'c Baker 14'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 4', 7', 12' Willison (1/1) 14' Cards: Broughton 7' to 9'		Try: Amedee 9'c Con: Amedee (1/1) 9' Cards: Bertrand 14' to 14'	Referee: Joy Neville

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	2	1	74	55	+19	7
Russia	3	2	1	41	44	–3	7
England	3	1	2	43	67	–24	5
Canada	3	1	2	62	54	+8	5

21 April 2018	Russia	17–10	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
10:30	Try: Mikhaltsova 1'm Khamidova 12'm Zdrokova 14'c Con: Lushina (1/1) 14' Seredina (0/2)		Try: Thompson 3'm Fisher 6'm Con: Hunt (0/2)	Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

21 April 2018	Canada	38–14	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
10:52	Try: Crossley 0'c Farella 3'c Greenshieldls 6'c Darling 7'm Nicholas 7'm Williams 12'c Con: Greenshields (3/4) 0', 4', 6' Nicholas (1/2) 12'		Try: Siata 2'c Tisolo 10'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 2' Tisolo (1/1) 10' Cards: Riwai 5' to 7' Siata 7' to 9' Naiqato 14' to 14'	Referee: Ben Crouse

21 April 2018	Russia	5–29	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:14	Try: Mikhaltsova 4'm Con: Lushina (0/1) Cards: Zdrokova 9' to 11'		Try: Naimasi 2'c, 12'm Roqica 7'c, 7'm Ravisa 9'm Con: Naimasi (2/2) 2', 7' Riwai (0/2) Tinai (0/1)	Referee: Alhambra Nievas

21 April 2018	Canada	19–21	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:36	Try: Nicholas 4'c Darling 8'm Farella 11'c Con: Nicholas (1/1) 4' Greenshields (1/2) 12' Cards: Apps 2' to 4' Greenshields 6' to 8'		Try: Breach 0'c Fisher 6'c Scott 13'c Con: Scott (2/2) 1', 6' Hunt (1/1) 14'	Referee: Joy Neville

21 April 2018	England	12–31	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
15:58	Try: Breach 8'm Wood 13'c Con: Hunt (1/2) 13'		Try: Ravisa 2'c, 9'm Riwai 4'c Naimasi 7'c, 12'm Con: Riwai (3/3) 2', 4', 7' Naimasi (0/1) Tisolo (0/1)	Referee: Adam Jones

21 April 2018	Canada	5–19	Russia	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
16:20	Try: Apps 0'm Con: Greenshields (0/1)		Try: Lushina 5'c Mikhaltsova 11'c Perestiak 14'm Con: Lushina (2/3) 6', 11'	Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

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Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Semi-finals		Challenge Trophy Final

22 April 2018 – 11:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu

United States	34
		22 April 2018 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Japan	14
		United States	24
22 April 2018 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
		Ireland	19
Canada	19

Ireland	24
		11th Place

		22 April 2018 – 15:26 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu

		Japan	14

		Canada	33

Matches

Semifinals

22 April 2018	United States	34–7	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:58	Try: Zackary 6' Heavirland 7'm Kelter 7'm Carlyle 9'c Thomas 11'c Gray 13'm Con: Kelter (2/4) 9', 11' Heavirland (0/2)		Try: Hirano 2'c, 14'c Con: Nakamura (2/2) 2', 14' Cards: Otake 7' to 9'	Referee: Adam Jones

22 April 2018	Canada	19–24 (a.e.t.)	Ireland	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
12:20	Try: Farella 6'c Darling 9'm Greenshields 12'c Con: Greenshields (2/3) 6', 12' Cards: Darling 2' to 4'		Try: Murphy-Crowe 7'c Fitzhenry 10' Mulhall 14'c Baker 15' Con: Mulhall (2/2) 7', 14' Higgins (0/1) Cards: Mulhall 8' to 10'	Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

11th Place

22 April 2018	Japan	14–33	Canada	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
15:04	Try: Nagata 0'c Tateyama 3'c Con: Nakamura (2/2) 1', 3'		Try: Williams 4'c Watcham-Roy 6'm Darling 7'c Lukan 10'c Farella 12' Con: Nicholas (2/2) 4', 12' Greenshields (1/1) 7' Lukan (1/2) 10'	Referee: Ben Crouse

Challenge Trophy Final

22 April 2018	United States	24–19 (a.e.t.)	Ireland	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
15:26	Try: Heavirland 3'c Tapper 9'c Kelter 13'm Heavirland 15' Con: Heavirland (1/1) 3' Kelter (1/2) 9'		Try: Galvin 5'm Higgins 7'm Mulhall 14'c Con: Mulhall (2/3) 8', 14'	Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

5th place

Semi-finals		5th-place final

22 April 2018 – 13:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu

China	19
		22 April 2018 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Fiji	24
		Fiji	7
22 April 2018 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
		Russia	30
Russia	41

England	0
		7th Place

		22 April 2018 – 16:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu

		China	5

		England	36

Matches

Semi-finals

22 April 2018	China	19–24	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:36	Try: Chen 1'm, 9'c Yang 5'c Con: Chen (2/2) 5', 9' Yang (0/1) Cards: Gao 11' to 13'		Try: Ravisa 6'c Naiobasali 12'c Siata 13'm Naimasi 14' Con: Riwai (1/1) 7' Nagasau (1/2) 12' Tisolo (0/1) Cards: Nagasau 7' to 9' Tisolo 10' to 12'	Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

22 April 2018	Russia	41–0	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:58	Try: Mikhaltsova 1'c, 3'm, 11'm, 13'm, 14'm Zdrokova 6'c Khamidova 9'c Con: Lushina (3/5) 1', 7', 9' Kulkova (0/2)			Referee: Ben Crouse

7th Place

22 April 2018	China	5–36	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
16:20	Try: Yu 6'm Con: Yang (0/1)		Try: Fleming 0'c Thompson 2'm Fisher 4'c Wood 8'm Breach 12'm Fleetwood 14' Con: Hunt (2/4) 0', 4' Scott (1/2) 14'	Referee: Hollie Davidson

5th-place final

22 April 2018	Fiji	7–30	Russia	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
16:42	Try: Naiobasali 3'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 4'		Try: Perestiak 3'm Mikhaltsova 5'm, 14'm Khamidova 7'm, 13' Zdrokova 11'm Con: Lushina (0/6)	Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Cup Final

22 April 2018 – 10:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu

New Zealand	50
		22 April 2018 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
China	0
		New Zealand	17
22 April 2018 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
		Australia	12
Fiji	7
				22 April 2018 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Australia	31
				New Zealand	24
22 April 2018 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
				France	12
France	29
		22 April 2018 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Russia	5
		France	21
22 April 2018 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
		Spain	0	Bronze-medal match
Spain	7
				22 April 2018 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
England	5
				Australia	19

				Spain	5

Matches

Quarter-finals

22 April 2018	New Zealand	50–0	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
10:30	Try: Blyde 0'm Blyde 3'c Brazier 5'm, 14'c Broughton 7'c Baker 8'c Goss 10'm Willison 13'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 4', 7', 9' Willison (2/2) 13', 14'			Referee: Rose LaBreche

22 April 2018	Fiji	7–31	Australia	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
10:52	Try: Riwai 5'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 5' Cards: Siata 1' to 3'		Try: Hayes 1'm Tonegato 2'm, 10'c Sykes 7'c Pelite 8'c Con: Sykes (3/5) 7', 9', 10' Cards: Cherry 5' to 7'	Referee: Alhambra Nievas

22 April 2018	France	29–5	Russia	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:14	Try: Pelle 1'm, 11'c Amedee 2'm Horta 9'm Le Pesq 13'c Con: Le Pesq (2/3) 12', 13' Amedee (0/2)		Try: Mikhaltsova 6'm Con: Lushina (0/1)	Referee: Joy Neville

22 April 2018	Spain	7–5	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:36	Try: Ribera 11'c Con: Garcia (1/1) 12'		Try: Fleming 6'm Con: Hunt (0/1)	Referee: Hollie Davidson

Semi-finals

22 April 2018	New Zealand	17–12	Australia	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
14:20	Try: Broughton 7'm Blyde 9'm Nathan-Wong 12'c Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 13'		Try: Pelite 1'm Tonegato 4'c Con: Sykes (1/2) 4'	Referee: Alhambra Nievas

22 April 2018	France	21–0	Spain	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
14:42	Try: Horta 6'c Amedee 10'c Konde 14' Con: Amedee (2/2) 7', 10', 14'			Referee: Adam Jones

Bronze-medal match

22 April 2018	Australia	19–5	Spain	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:04	Try: Pelite 3'm Tonegato 11'c Cherry 14'c Con: Sykes (2/3) 11', 14'		Try: Algar 2'	Referee: Rose LaBreche

Cup Final

22 April 2018	New Zealand	24–12	France	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:30	Try: Blyde 0'c Fitzpatrick 6'm Woodman 11'c Nathan-Wong 13' Con: Nathan-Wong (2/4) 1', 12' Cards: Broughton 8' to 10'		Try: Grassineau 5'c Amedee 9' Con: Le Pesq (1/2) 5'	Referee: Joy Neville

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	France	18
	Australia	16
4	Spain	14
5	Russia	12
6	Fiji	10

Place	Team	Points
7	England	8
8	China	6
9	United States	4
10	Ireland	3
11	Canada	2
12	Japan	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Alena Mikhaltsova	11
2	Michaela Blyde	7
	Portia Woodman	7
4	Emma Tonegato	6
	Montserrat Amedee	6

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	Alena Mikhaltsova	55
2	Montserrat Amedee	38
3	Tyla Nathan-Wong	36
4	Jade Le Pesq	35
	Michaela Blyde	35

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:^[3]

Forwards	Backs
Montserrat Amedee Chen Keyi Evania Pelite	María Ribera Alena Mikhaltsova Patricia García Sarah Goss

References

^ "Pools confirmed for HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens". World Rugby. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "2018 Kitakyushu Sevens fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "Dream Team: Kitakyushu". World Rugby. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

External links

Tournament Page

World Sevens Series VI
Preceded by 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens	2018 Japan Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2018 Canada Women's Sevens
Japan Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Japan Women's Sevens	2018 Japan Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2019 Japan Women's Sevens